Medicine: Capsules, Apr. 6, 1953

¶Encouraged by the first year's results with isoniazid (especially when given along with streptomycin or PAS), New York City officials announced an ambitious program to bring every known tuberculosis case under treatment. Outpatient care will help those waiting for hospital beds and will make it possible to send patients home sooner but keep them under treatment; it will also be good for many of the balky ones who refuse hospitalization.

¶To satisfy oculists who wanted sunglasses made darker, and to meet the Army-Navy Vision Committee's preference for glasses that do not distort colors, the L. J. Houze Convex Glass Co. announced...

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